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61 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2020–2022 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/uuc-florida.html

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Sermons over time

Every audio sermon week across the years we have — a filled cell is a week with an upload, darker blue means richer topics. A steady weekly cadence shows as a solid band across years.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2022Week of Jan 3, 2022 · 1 sermon(s)Week of Jan 10, 2022 · 1 sermon(s)Week of Jan 17, 2022 · 1 sermon(s)Week of Apr 25, 2022 · 1 sermon(s)Week of May 9, 2022 · 1 sermon(s)Week of Jul 4, 2022 · 1 sermon(s)Week of Jul 11, 2022 · 2 sermon(s)Week of Jul 18, 2022 · 1 sermon(s)Week of Aug 22, 2022 · 1 sermon(s)2021Week of Jan 4, 2021 · 4 sermon(s)Week of Jan 18, 2021 · 3 sermon(s)Week of Jan 25, 2021 · 3 sermon(s)Week of Feb 1, 2021 · 2 sermon(s)Week of Feb 8, 2021 · 3 sermon(s)Week of Feb 15, 2021 · 1 sermon(s)Week of Feb 22, 2021 · 2 sermon(s)Week of Mar 1, 2021 · 3 sermon(s)Week of Mar 8, 2021 · 1 sermon(s)Week of May 24, 2021 · 1 sermon(s)Week of May 31, 2021 · 1 sermon(s)Week of Jun 7, 2021 · 1 sermon(s)Week of Jun 21, 2021 · 1 sermon(s)Week of Jul 5, 2021 · 1 sermon(s)Week of Jul 12, 2021 · 4 sermon(s)Week of Jul 19, 2021 · 2 sermon(s)Week of Jul 26, 2021 · 4 sermon(s)Week of Aug 2, 2021 · 1 sermon(s)Week of Aug 9, 2021 · 1 sermon(s)Week of Aug 23, 2021 · 2 sermon(s)Week of Aug 30, 2021 · 1 sermon(s)Week of Sep 13, 2021 · 1 sermon(s)Week of Sep 20, 2021 · 2 sermon(s)Week of Sep 27, 2021 · 1 sermon(s)Week of Dec 13, 2021 · 1 sermon(s)2020Week of Dec 7, 2020 · 3 sermon(s)Week of Dec 28, 2020 · 1 sermon(s)201920182017201620152014
LessMore·no upload·known, not transcribed
Each cell is one week · darker blue = richer topics (clean, sermon-only audio scores higher) · pale = thin, faint = no upload · gold outline = known, not yet transcribed · red outline = broken/failed file · uploaded in 36 of 90 weeks across the span (40%).

Video released

Weeks with a video upload (YouTube or livestream). These aren't transcribed, so this only marks presence — no topic coloring.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2022Week of Jan 3, 2022 · 1 video(s)Week of Jan 10, 2022 · 1 video(s)Week of Jan 17, 2022 · 1 video(s)Week of Jan 31, 2022 · 1 video(s)Week of Feb 7, 2022 · 1 video(s)Week of Feb 14, 2022 · 1 video(s)Week of Apr 25, 2022 · 1 video(s)Week of May 2, 2022 · 1 video(s)Week of May 9, 2022 · 1 video(s)Week of May 23, 2022 · 1 video(s)Week of May 30, 2022 · 1 video(s)Week of Jul 4, 2022 · 1 video(s)Week of Jul 11, 2022 · 2 video(s)Week of Jul 18, 2022 · 1 video(s)Week of Aug 22, 2022 · 1 video(s)Week of Sep 12, 2022 · 1 video(s)Week of Nov 7, 2022 · 1 video(s)2021Week of Jan 4, 2021 · 4 video(s)Week of Jan 18, 2021 · 3 video(s)Week of Jan 25, 2021 · 3 video(s)Week of Feb 1, 2021 · 2 video(s)Week of Feb 8, 2021 · 3 video(s)Week of Feb 15, 2021 · 1 video(s)Week of Feb 22, 2021 · 3 video(s)Week of Mar 1, 2021 · 3 video(s)Week of Mar 8, 2021 · 2 video(s)Week of Mar 15, 2021 · 1 video(s)Week of May 24, 2021 · 1 video(s)Week of May 31, 2021 · 1 video(s)Week of Jun 7, 2021 · 1 video(s)Week of Jun 21, 2021 · 1 video(s)Week of Jul 5, 2021 · 1 video(s)Week of Jul 12, 2021 · 4 video(s)Week of Jul 19, 2021 · 2 video(s)Week of Jul 26, 2021 · 4 video(s)Week of Aug 2, 2021 · 1 video(s)Week of Aug 9, 2021 · 1 video(s)Week of Aug 23, 2021 · 2 video(s)Week of Aug 30, 2021 · 1 video(s)Week of Sep 13, 2021 · 1 video(s)Week of Sep 20, 2021 · 2 video(s)Week of Sep 27, 2021 · 2 video(s)Week of Nov 15, 2021 · 1 video(s)Week of Dec 13, 2021 · 2 video(s)2020Week of Dec 7, 2020 · 3 video(s)Week of Dec 28, 2020 · 1 video(s)20192018201720162015Week of Jul 13, 2015 · 3 video(s)Week of Aug 10, 2015 · 1 video(s)Week of Sep 21, 2015 · 1 video(s)2014Week of Jun 30, 2014 · 2 video(s)
no video·video released
Each cell is one week · a filled cell is a week with a video upload (not transcribed) · video in 50 of 437 weeks across the span (11%).

How this church compares

Against other uu and against every sermon on the site. Signals are approximate and grow more reliable as more of the archive is scored.

●this church┃peer average┃site average
Emotional rangenoticeably narrower
Its sermons travel noticeably narrower in feeling than a typical peer congregation, and noticeably narrower than the site overall.
site avg 0.12
narrowerpeer avgwider
Emotional intensitysomewhat lower
The peaks run somewhat lower than peers, somewhat lower than the site.
site avg 0.64
lowerpeer avghigher
Among uu churches with enough scored sermons, it ranks #229 of 243 for emotional range.
On the words themselves, it uses a more distinctive, less typical vocabulary for its tradition.

Most-preached topics

Creation Care 13Thanksgiving & Harvest 8Joy & Gratitude 5Hope & Encouragement 5Earth-Centered Spirituality 4Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion 4All Saints 3Reason & Free Inquiry 3

Recurring themes across the archive

Where this church’s sermons land on the site’s emergent topic map.

High School Students 2Close Eyes 1Light Candle 1Brothers Sisters 1United States 1Spring Equinox 1

Themes they appear in

The recurring topics across the whole archive where this church shows up most.

High School Students
Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion
2 sermons
Close Eyes
Prayer & Devotion
1 sermons
Light Candle
Joy & Gratitude
1 sermons
Brothers Sisters
Bible & Exposition
1 sermons
United States
Immigration & Refuge
1 sermons
Show all 6 themes

Sermons that reach across topics

These touch the widest range of themes — often the richest listening.

Moonpath Live: British Traditional Wicca presented by Moss
appears in 2 different topics
Moonpath Class: British Traditional Wicca presented by Moss
appears in 1 different topics
Moonpath Class: The History of Ostara presented by Elizabeth Douglass
appears in 1 different topics
Moonpath Class: Thanksgiving History presented by Brúnn
appears in 1 different topics
Moonpath Class: Imbolc Presentation presented by Baldur & Birch
appears in 1 different topics
Moonpath Ritual: Mabon 2021 presented by Dayan
appears in 1 different topics

Sermons included

Moonpath CUUPs: The Celtic Tree of Life, presented by Diana Moonlight
Aug 26, 2022 · power between ideas
Creation & Eden
Moonpath Class: Making Sacred Spaces presented by Brúnn
Jul 23, 2022 · power between ideas
Creation Care
Moonpath CUUPs: Creating Effective Rituals: Part 2 Creating Personal Rituals
Jul 15, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Hope & Encouragement
Moonpath CUUPs: Pantheism presented by Brúnn
Jul 15, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Unitarian Universalist IdentityReason & Free Inquiry
CUUPs Thursday Zoom
Jul 8, 2022 · connected common experience
Reason & Free Inquiry
CUUPs Thursday Zoom
May 13, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & Gratitude
Moonpath CUUPs: History of Beltane & Ritual Prep. presented by Wren
Apr 29, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeCreation Care
Moonpath Class: Heathenry Part 2: Modern Practices presented by Brúnn
Jan 22, 2022 · power between ideas
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionParenting & Children
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Moonpath Class: Heathenry Part 1: Norse Pagan History presented by Brúnn
Jan 11, 2022 · power between ideas
Work & Vocation
Moonpath Ritual: Yemaya 2022 presented by drgnfli
Jan 8, 2022 · families and relationships
Creation Care
Moonpath CUUPs Yule 2021 Ritual
Dec 19, 2021 · power between ideas
Thanksgiving & Harvest
Moonpath Class: Hoodoo, Voodoo, Santeria, Conjurers, Root Workers, and Other Practices by drgnfli
Sep 27, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareThe Theotokos
Moonpath Class: Working with Pendulums presented by Elizabeth
Sep 25, 2021 · power between ideas
Creation CareReason & Free Inquiry
Moonpath Ritual: Mabon 2021 presented by Dayan
Sep 25, 2021 · power between ideas
Earth-Centered Spirituality
“hello and welcome everybody um welcome to our 2021 mabon ritual we are going to put together and work through some of the ideas that we started learn…”
Moonpath Class: Mabon presented by Dayan
Sep 19, 2021 · power between ideas
Infertility & Child Loss
Moonpath Class: Cerridwen’s Cur(s)e & Fertility for the Rest of Us presented by Benyn Norvys Wilder
Sep 3, 2021 · power between ideas
Spiritual Growth
Moonpath Class: Spirit & Animal Guides presented by Birch
Aug 27, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Creation Care
Moonpath Class: An Intro to Divination presented by Opal Luna
Aug 25, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & Gratitude
Moonpath Class: History of the Sun & Moon Worship & Magick presented by Otsana
Aug 14, 2021 · power between ideas
Creation Care
Moonpath Ritual: Midsummer 2021
Aug 3, 2021 · power between ideas
Joy & Gratitude
Moonpath Ritual: Lammas/Lughnasa Ritual
Aug 1, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & Gratitude
Moonpath Class: Shamanism - part 2, presented by Dayan
Jul 30, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Sabbath & Rest
Moonpath Live: Lammas/Lughnasa Ritual
Jul 30, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & Harvest
Moonpath Class: Shamanism - part 1, presented by Dayan
Jul 30, 2021 · power between ideas
Creation Care
Moonpath Ritual: Annual Chocolate Ritual presented by drgnfli
Jul 23, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Unitarian Universalist Identity
Moonpath Class: The History of Lammas presented by Chris
Jul 23, 2021 · power between ideas
Thanksgiving & Harvest
Moonpath Class: British Traditional Wicca presented by Moss
Jul 16, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
All SaintsEarth-Centered SpiritualityHope & Encouragement
“o box so you respond to it you know you might get something back you might not and you start to meet people and they might might not be a good fit fo…”
Moonpath Class: Handfasting Celebrations Presented by Opal Luna
Jul 15, 2021 · power between ideas
Prayer & Devotion
Moonpath Live: British Traditional Wicca presented by Moss
Jul 15, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Earth-Centered SpiritualityAll SaintsImmigration & Refuge
“com okay we will start with lighting our remembrance candle <br> all right and now we will open the circle with our healing and circle candles okay <…”
My Mother Told Me poem translated and put to song
Jul 14, 2021 · uu spiritual principles
Work & Vocation
Moonpath Ritual: Handfasting Celebration of Karl and Alba's 25 year, Silver Anniversary
Jul 9, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & Belonging
Moonpath Class: The Realm of the Fae presented by Elizabeth
Jun 25, 2021 · power between ideas
Service & Spiritual Gifts
Moonpath Class: 2021 Hurricane Protection Preparation and Candle Dressing Presented by Opal Luna
Jun 11, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Hope & Encouragement
Moonpath Ritual: 2021 Hurricane Protection Ritual
Jun 3, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation Care
Moonpath Class: Introduction to Druidry presented by Brúnn
May 27, 2021 · power between ideas
Creation Care
Moonpath Class: The Principle of "As Above, So Below" presented by Moonlight
Mar 12, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Creation Care
Moonpath Class: The History of Ostara presented by Elizabeth Douglass
Mar 5, 2021 · power between ideas
Crucifixion & Atonement
“welcome to the history of ostara everyone imagine yourself in a forest in your favorite part of the world you can feel the energy of the dawning of a…”
Moonpath Class: The Morrígan's Call presented by Otsana
Mar 4, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Creation Care
Moonpath Class: Ancestor Magick presented by Opal Luna
Mar 4, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Thanksgiving & HarvestGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
Moonpath Class: Goddess Minerva presented by Opal Luna
Feb 26, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Sin & RepentanceSermon on the Mount / Beatitudes
Moonpath Class: What does the Moon say about you? presented by Willow Grace Mystik
Feb 24, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Thanksgiving & HarvestCreation & EdenAdvent & Christmas
Moonpath Class: A look at the Egyptian God Anubis, presented by Birch
Feb 21, 2021 · power between ideas
Grief & Lament
Moonpath Class: Besoms with Opal Luna
Feb 14, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Marriage
Moonpath Class: Sacred Agriculture III: Edible Gardens presented by drgnfli
Feb 13, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Thanksgiving & Harvest
Moonpath Class: Sacred Agriculture II presented by drgnfli
Feb 11, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & Belonging
Moonpath Class: Thanksgiving History presented by Brúnn
Feb 5, 2021 · families and relationships
Thanksgiving & Harvest
“thanksgiving day is our national holiday in the united states and thanksgiving for 2020 is occurring thursday november 26th coming up the modern than…”
Moonpath Ritual: Thanksgiving Online Ritual
Feb 5, 2021 · power between ideas
Thanksgiving & Harvest
(blue) Moon over Miami
Jan 30, 2021 · more than it appears
Worship & Praise
Moonpath Class: Spiders with Opal Luna
Jan 30, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Suffering & Perseverance
Moonpath Ritual: Imbolc 2021
Jan 25, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
New Year & Watch Night
Moonpath Ritual: Thanksgiving 2020
Jan 24, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Creation Care
Moonpath Class: Imbolc Presentation presented by Baldur & Birch
Jan 22, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Earth-Centered Spirituality
“so um tonight we're going to be talking about in bulk um and where uh baldr and i are gonna be leading the in bulk ritual um that's gonna be premieri…”
Moonpath Ritual: 2020 Yule Ritual
Jan 20, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
New Year & Watch Night
Moonpath Class: Magical Creatures of North America Presented by Wren the Bard
Jan 8, 2021 · power between ideas
God the Father / Creator
Pagan Pride/Mabon 2020: Tea Meditation
Jan 6, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Crucifixion & Atonement
Moonpath Ritual: Yemaya: 2021 New Year's Ritual
Jan 5, 2021 · families and relationships
Pluralism & InterfaithAll Saints
Moonpath Class: Claw, Our Egregore
Jan 5, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & CommunionImmigration & Refuge
Pagan Pride/Mabon 2020: Lady Florida Bardic Circle presented by Dayan
Jan 3, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
The Nativity
Pagan Pride/Mabon 2020: Potpourri presented by Rocio
Dec 13, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Poverty & Compassion
Moonpath Class: Kitchen Magick: Fermentation presented by Moss
Dec 12, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & Anxiety
Moonpath Class: Stories of the Zodiac by Chris
Dec 8, 2020 · power between ideas
God the Father / CreatorThe Fall

How this website compares

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The percentage is how many UU churches’ websites state that value; the bar turns orange where this church’s website states it too.

of UU sites
This church
LGBTQ+ affirming
65%
Creation care / climate
42%
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Anti-racism / racial justice
41%
Economic justice & mutual aid
39%
Open to people of all faiths
34%
Radical hospitality & accessibility
31%
Immigrant & refugee welcoming
19%
Reproductive justice
13%
Indigenous relations / land acknowledgment
12%
Peace & nonviolence
10%
Prison ministry & restorative justice
9%
Disability justice
6%
Mental health
5%
Children & youth
80%
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Online worship
66%
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Small groups
58%
Financial & governance transparency
37%
Child safety policy
10%
Languages / interpretation
4%
Website & sermons online
This church: video only — like 38% of UU churches.
Audio + videoAudio onlyVideo onlySite, no sermonsFeed without audioJS-only siteBlocked / timeoutDead or hijackedNo website
Website completeness, all churches: a rough score of how complete and easy-to-navigate the church’s own website is.
5 to 10: 4 churches10 to 15: 32 churches15 to 20: 3 churches20 to 25: 2 churches25 to 30: 24 churches30 to 35: 7 churches35 to 40: 28 churches40 to 45: 13 churches45 to 50: 20 churches50 to 55: 22 churches55 to 60: 28 churches60 to 65: 34 churches65 to 70: 72 churches70 to 75: 209 churches75 to 80: 88 churches80 to 85: 2317 churches85 to 90: 27 churches90 to 95: 51 churches95 to 100: 31 churches255075This church: 80
Among the 3,012 churches with a readable, rated website (scores of 0 and 100 left out), this one scores higher than about 58%.
Values stated, within UU churches: how many of the 29 values we track each church’s website states. This one states 4 — behind 76% of UU churches (the typical one states 7).
0 values: 32 churches1 values: 9 churches2 values: 6 churches3 values: 7 churches4 values: 10 churches5 values: 15 churches6 values: 24 churches7 values: 19 churches8 values: 21 churches9 values: 27 churches10 values: 28 churches11 values: 16 churches12 values: 6 churches13 values: 7 churches14 values: 8 churches15 values: 3 churches16 values: 1 churches17 values: 2 churches051015this church: 4
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3970 Northwest 21st Avenue                                                                                         Oakland Park, Florida 33309                                                                                         954-484-6734                                                                                                     email info@uucfl.org ​   © 2021 by Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ft LauderdaleMember Congregation of  Make a Donation or Honor Your Pledge sidewithlove.org
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